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Maestro wins $190k for wrongful dismissal
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Steinway scraps upright after 120 years
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Boston has new horn. No, not new
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Norwegians would? Not if she’s ex-Russian
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Commentary: What the Edinburgh Festival lacks
Commentary on today’s launch by Hugh Kerr of…
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Edinburgh Festival: Benedetti asks the question
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Marin Alsop lands a London orchestra
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Simon says: It was like this under Thatcher. We say: no it wasn’t
In another of his political interventions, Sir Simon…
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The Met’s 20k singing prize has six winners
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Gergiev’s son graduates in the US
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Apple shows Berlin a new way to make a classical record
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Church news: Hapless Wells scraps its shortlist
The chaos at Wells Cathedral just got a…
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Fazioli mourns its tuner in Milan
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Pianists from 41 states, including USA and UK, enter Putin’s Tchaikovsky Competition
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Ukrainian wins displaced piano competition
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Netrebko boosts Austria for Life appeal
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Berlin Phil cold-shoulders Klaus Mäkelä
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Rare concert film of Argerich and Leinsdorf
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